as in to throw
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm
he lightly lobbed the errant ball over the fence to the waiting schoolboy
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Recent Examples of lob
President Trump has lobbed numerous threats and insults at the members of the panel.
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Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 20 Jan. 2025
Green, from a few feet behind the 3-point line, lobbed one over the top for what would become an all-in-one-motion catch and twisting, falling and-1 layup.
—Anthony Slater, The Athletic, 9 Feb. 2025
Paramount, which also produces CBS’s 60 Minutes, owns a handful, and was even exploring selling 12 of them back in August before Trump lobbed his latest threats toward the network.
—Alex Cranz, WIRED, 21 Jan. 2025
From lobbing slow-motion, underhanded softballs of no public interest to failing to seek clarification for unintelligible tirades to ignoring or allowing falsehoods and blatant political spin, the interview serves less as a public service and more as a reminder of ...
—Becket Adams, National Review, 12 Jan. 2025
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Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 20 Jan. 2025
Green, from a few feet behind the 3-point line, lobbed one over the top for what would become an all-in-one-motion catch and twisting, falling and-1 layup.
—Anthony Slater, The Athletic, 9 Feb. 2025
Paramount, which also produces CBS’s 60 Minutes, owns a handful, and was even exploring selling 12 of them back in August before Trump lobbed his latest threats toward the network.
—Alex Cranz, WIRED, 21 Jan. 2025
From lobbing slow-motion, underhanded softballs of no public interest to failing to seek clarification for unintelligible tirades to ignoring or allowing falsehoods and blatant political spin, the interview serves less as a public service and more as a reminder of ...
—Becket Adams, National Review, 12 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lob
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On a 3-2 count, the Rangers’ Jack Leiter threw Lee a payoff slider down in the dirt.—
Justice delos Santos,
The Mercury News,
22 Feb. 2025
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Six days later, the couple lured a man in his 50s to the hotel room to engage in prostitution with Lebron, but after the man handed over the cash and undressed, Lebron threw bleach in his face and the duo beat him for several hours before stealing his phone, wallet and car keys.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
22 Feb. 2025
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Rock and Leslie Jones play an old, bitter married couple who are getting ready to go out for their anniversary while constantly hurling insults at each other.—
Jesse David Fox,
Vulture,
14 Feb. 2025
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When the blaze reached the mansions of Bel-Air, thermal heat lifted burning shingles high into the air and 50-mph winds hurled them more than a mile over to Brentwood.—
Jenny Jarvie,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2025
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The water on one side of the beach and the Pacific Coast Highway on the other help impede fire spread, but strong gusts—like last month’s infamous Santa Ana winds—can still toss embers and flaming debris across the highway.—
Monica Hunter-Hart,
Forbes,
16 Feb. 2025
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The day before the crash that took his life, BB tossed three touchdowns in a 64-6 rout of Custer County.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2025
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Riders wear protective gear like helmets and body armor, but their necks are exposed as they get flung from the bulls, which can weigh anywhere from 1,200 to 2,000 pounds.—
Michael Dorgan,
Fox News,
15 Feb. 2025
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When the sanctuaries were built, there were only two ways to them: climbing up a 1,200-foot vertical path of ladders or being hoisted in a net by ropes flung from above.—
Shoshi Parks,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Jan. 2025
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“Lob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lob. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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